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<h2>tabbing</h2>



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 \begin{tabbing}

 text \= more text \= still more text \= last text \\

 second row \&gt;  \&gt; more \\

 ....

 ....

 \end{tabbing}

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<p>The tabbing environment provides a way to align text in

    columns. It works by setting tab stops and tabbing to them

    much the way you do with an ordinary typewriter.</p>


<p>The <a href="ltx-68.html">tabular</a> environment also aligns

    text in columns, but there are several important differences.</p>


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    <li>The tabular environment can be used in any

        <a href="ltx-130.html">mode</a> whereas the tabbing

        environment can be used only in paragraph

        <a href="ltx-130.html">mode</a> and it starts a new paragraph.
    </li>


    <li>The tabular environment generates a box, which LaTeX

        treats as one (albeit very large) letter; it cannot be split

        across pages. A long tabbing environment can be split across pages.
    </li>


    <li>The width of columns in a tabular environment is

        determined automatically by LaTeX; in the tabbing

        environment this is done by setting tab stops.
    </li>

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<h3>Tabbing commands</h3>


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    <li><tt><a href="ltx-187.html">\=</a></tt> (set tab)</li>

    <li><tt><a href="ltx-188.html">\&gt;</a></tt> (advance to next tab stop)</li>

    <li><tt><a href="ltx-189.html">\&lt;</a></tt></li>

    <li><tt><a href="ltx-190.html">\+</a></tt> (indent; move margin right)</li>

    <li><tt><a href="ltx-182.html">\-</a></tt> (unindent; move margin left)</li>

    <li><tt><a href="ltx-191.html">\'</a></tt></li>

    <li><tt><a href="ltx-192.html">\`</a></tt></li>

    <li><tt><a href="ltx-181.html">\\</a></tt> (end of line; newline)

    <li><tt><a href="ltx-251.html">\kill</a></tt>

        (ignore preceding text; use only for spacing)
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<p>The <a href="ltx-241.html"><tt>\hspace</a></tt> command is useful for

    controlling horizontal space in the tabbing environment.</p>


<p>Note that the commands <tt>\=</tt>, <tt>\'</tt>, and

    <tt>\`</tt> normally produce <a href="ltx-401.html">accents</a>

    over the subsequent letter. These commands are redefined in the

    tabbing environment; in this environment it is possible to get

    the accents by using <tt>\a=</tt>, <tt>\a'</tt>, and

    <tt>\a`</tt>, respectively.</p>


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